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Thursday, 26 January 2017

Hollywood actress, Mary Tyler Moore dies at age 80

Iconic actress Mary Tyler Moore, whose eponymous '70s sitcom helped
usher in a new era for women on television is dead. Her longtime
representative Mara Buxbaum, confirmed that she died on Wednesday January 25, 2017 at the age of 80.

"Today beloved icon Mary Tyler Moore passed away at the age of 80 in the
company of friends and her loving husband of over 33 years, Dr. S.
Robert Levine. A groundbreaking actress, producer, and passionate
advocate for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Mary will be
remembered as a fearless visionary who turned the world on with her
smile" she said.

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" debuted in 1970 and starred the actress as
Mary Richards, a single, middle aged career woman at a Minneapolis TV
station. The series was hailed by feminists and fans alike as the first
modern woman's sitcom.

Moore first found fame playing Laura Petrie, the wife on the "The Dick
Van Dyke Show," which ran for five seasons beginning in 1961.

Moore was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in her 30s and had numerous
health issues over the years, including complications from that disease
and brain surgery to remove a meningioma tumor in 2011.